Wallace: Cracking toast, Gromit.
Wallace: Ah, well, it's no use prevaricating about the bush.
Wallace: They're techno-trousers, ex-NASA, fantastic for walkies.
Wallace: It's the wrong trousers Gromit, and they've gone wrong.
Wallace: No more lodgers - more trouble than they're worth.
Answer: It was added at the edit. During the animation, the animators just made little sprinkles on the characters so it would look like the rain actually hit them.